"It's our first time coming to Milwaukee, and there's so many of you. It's crazy," Local Natives' guitarist and vocalist Taylor Rice told the near-capacity crowd Friday night at the Riverside Theater.

And it was crazy - the show was initially scheduled for Turner Hall, but thanks in part to the chart success of sophomore album "Hummingbird," Local Natives was able to leapfrog the Pabst Theater for the approximately 2,500-capacity Riverside. | March 23, 2013»Read Full Article

Beautiful weather drew record-breaking crowds of more than a million fairgoers to the Wisconsin State Fair this year, numbers that may be a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, fair officials said.

The 11-day event attracted 1,012,552 attendees, and even weekdays saw as many as 122,000 guests. Total attendance was 10% higher than last year and the largest reported since 1969 — though the fair only started scanning tickets in 2002, which gives the most accurate numbers. | Aug. 12, 2013»Read Full Article(14)

While Carrie Underwood was an "American Idol" champion and quickly became the genre's glamorous queen, Lambert was a third-place finisher on cable TV's "Nashville Star" who preferred faded jeans to flowing gowns. Taylor Swift was the sweetheart-next door-turned worldwide pop star, while Lambert was the rough-edged spitfire — famous in her small town for all the wrong reasons. | Aug. 12, 2013»Read Full Article

But on Nov. 14, "Duck Dynasty" fans will be able to see four of the show's stars--Phil Robertson, his wife "Miss Kay" Robertson, daughter-in-law Korie Robertson, and fan favorite "Uncle Si" Robertson--live at the Riverside Theater.| Aug. 12, 2013»Read Full Article(3)

SpringGreen — Imagine having never heard of "Hamlet" and then unexpectedly becoming a small-time player in its tangled plot. Or, if you'd prefer, imagine a typical week in your own harried existence, in which you're constantly being made aware of how utterly random life can be — and how little control you really have.

It's all the same to Tom Stoppard, whose "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" fuses the Bard and Beckett in a comic and also moving commentary on modern life. Under James Bohnen's direction, we're being treated to the comedy and the pathos in a stellar production at American Players Theatre, with actors in the same roles they've assumed in APT's "Hamlet."| Aug. 12, 2013»Read Full Article(3)